98 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Shields, on the 29th May, flying at dusk amongst haw- 

 thorn. 



I am strongly of opinion that these specimens really do 

 represent a Gelechia hitherto unknown to us ; certainly 

 I know of no species to which they can be referred. 



Unfortunately, however, there is such an absence of 

 character about them, tliat T am unable to seize upon any 

 salient point wheieby to define them, and the three speci- 

 mens are all different. 



Two of them come very close to the male of G. acumi- 

 natella, but the hind margin of the anterior wings is more 

 rounded ; moi-eover, one of these two is a female, and there- 

 fore very different from the small pointed-winged female 

 of G. acuminatella. 



In one specimen, the dark ochreous streaks of Acumina- 

 tella are not perceptible, and in this specimen the three black 

 spots are particularly distinct, that on the fold and the second 

 discoidal spot being very conspicuous ; this specimen has the 

 head rather pale greyish-ochreous. 



Gelechia confinis, n. sp. 



This is allied to Affinis and Vmbrosella, but with the an- 

 terior wings narrower and blacker than in those species ; the 

 pale opposite spots are ill-defined yellowish, and show much 

 less tendency to form an angulated fascia than in Affinis. 

 The posterior wings are also darker than in Affinis and 

 Unibi'osella. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett bred several specimens, June 5th — 19th, 

 1870, flora moss received from Dr. Buchanan White, May 

 20th, 1870, from Perthshire, as containing larvae of the genus 

 Eudorea. I defer giving a description of the insect till I 

 have had the opportunity of examining a more extensive 



